Ice-cream-cone-cooking apparatus.



J. P. GR'OSET.

ICE CREAM GONE COOKING APPARATUS. APPLIOATIONPILB'D 11011.1, 1910.

WITNESSES." INVENTOR ATTORA/EK 1 Patented Dec. '5, 1911.

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v J. P. GROSET. ICE CREAM GONE COOKING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED N0V.1I 1910.

1,010,619. Patented Dec.5,1911.

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WITNESSES:- INVENTOR. 6W /0%/7 5 0685 ATTORNEY ,fTo all whom it concern:

Be-it known that 1, JOHN P. Gnosn'r, a

JOHN P. GROSET, or BOTI-IELL'WASHINGTQN.

ICE-CREAM-CONE-GObKING APPARATUS.

[citizenof the United States, residing at Bothell, in. the county ofKing and State of \Vashington, have invented certain. new

' and. useful Improvements in Ice-Cream- Cone-Cooking Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

a a series of 'revoluble cooking vessels, then dispose the batterrequisite ;,-sha pes, --'then:subject the thus formed edible receptaclesto a cooking heat,

- tra n the cooking vessels, substant1ally as This invention relates toappliances for shaping and cooking conical food containers which arethemselves composed of an edible material; and has for its object theimprove mentin such appliances.

The invention consists in .devices will successively serve to supplybatter to within-the same to the and iinally dischargeathe finishedarticles hereinafter described and claimed.

V In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a plan v ewofdevicesembodying my 1n- :vention; and Fig.2 1s atransverse verticalsection of the same.

an upright post but they may as invention, I employ 5 which is providedin proximity to its upperend witlra journal 6 for the hub. 7 ofacarrier. provided with a plurality of spokesS which are represented asintegral with the hub, well be made separable from the hub. FiXedlysecured to the un- In" carrying out the derside of said spokes is a ring10. arranged Y to be concentric to the carrier axis and. is

R provided with gearteeth 11 at its underside.

12 represents a pinion in mesh with the. teeth [of the ring forimparting rotary motion to the carrier and, the various elementswhich.1are carried thereby. The pinion 12 is mounted upon a shaft 13 which isrotated Lsion' devices such as abelt passing about a posed .relation to'rotatably secured 'sector gear 15, and, in like manner there is securedacam'e'leinent 16 below the carrier.-

Supported and revolved with the-several from a motor by suitable powertransmispulley 14 provided on said shaft. In superto the post 5 atoothed spokes 8 are corresponding associations of devices; but in orderto more clearly explain the construction andfunctions-thereof I will nowdescribe one such assembly.

Carried upon and extending outside the extremity ot-a spoke 8 isadividedjcooking Specification of Letters Patent. 7

which,

to afford. space to accommodate the This carrier is a of the. sectorgear.

the carrier there is non- Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Application filed November 1, 1910. Serial No. 590,216.

vessel or'inold comprising a pair of counter part members 17 severallyprovided with rearwardly directed arms 18 which are hingedly connectedto a vertical stud 19 which is fixedly secured to the spoke. Said moldis provided with recesses or pockets 30 of the shape of inverted conesand disposed so that their axes coincide with the divisional planebetween the pair of moldparts when the same 'are in' contact {with eachother. About the upper edge of the recesses they are provided withrelatively narrow inwardly projecting peripheral flanges 21.Intermediate a mold and the pivotal studs 19 therefor,

shank of a pivotv22'secured to thespoke and extend in}; above said arms.,Rotatable upon the pivot'is a disk .23 provided with cam slots 24 whichreceive pins 25 secured to the adj acent arms.

26 represents a rod operatiyely connecting a pin 27 carried by adisk'ivith the pin 28 of a crank arm 29 which-is fixedly secured to orformed with a toothed pinion 30 mounted for rotary lnotion upon thespoke.

The pinion 30 is provided with anequal number of teeth to that of thesector gear 15 andis located to be engageable by thelat ter duringeach'rotation of the carrier and resulting in the complete rotation ofthe pinion while passing the toothed periphery During such anv occurthedisk 23 is actuated through the rence,

the arms 18 are spread apart medium of the rod 26 tocause the cam slots24 to primarily move the pins 25 asunder together with the separationofthe mold parts to occupy the positionsin which they and ultiarerepresented at A in Fig. .i,

mately restore the mold, parts into their normal juxtaposed positlonsf-For cooperationwith the molds there is provided a former member 31having anarm 32 which is hingedly connected by a pin 33 to the upper endof thestud 19. Depending from this member are conical core elements 34arranged-to enter the mold pockets as clearly shown in the left-side of:Fig.

2. Said formerunember is operatedto be elevated shortly before it isrevelved into the position whereat the mold is-opened.

After a short interval subsequent to the closure of the-mold the formeris returned to its normal positionw'ith the cores thereof extendingintothe mold pockets. These actions of. he former are accomplishedcrumed to a through the instrumentality of the cam element 16 and abell-crank 35 which is fulpin 36 supported by lugs provided on thecarrier and below the spoke. One of the bell-crank arms isadvantageously provided with a roller 38 to track against the cam whilethe other arm 39 of the bell crank isconnected to the former arm by alifting-rod 40.

Included in the invention are appliances for supplying batter to themolds consisting in a batter receptacle 41 located at a dis tance abovethe level of the molds and connected by a draw-off tube 42 therewith a.casing 43 containing a valve 44 for regulating and delivering thecharges of batter to the various mold pockets. Said casing is disposedto project into the space interme diate the mold and the former whensuch former is in the elevated position in which itis illustrated to theright of Fig. 2; Provided at the underside of this casing are spouts,one for each pocket of a mold. Said valve, asrepresented, (see Fig. 2)is in the form of a chambered plug which is fitted for axial rotarymotion in the casing and is provided in its peripheral wall with aninlet opening 46 and outlet openings 47 which are respectively arrangedto make communica tive connection with the tube 42 and the easing spoutswhen the valve is actuated. To this end the valve is provided with astem 48 having secured thereto a downwardly extending finger 49wherefrom is connected with some fixed object, as the batter-weep tacle,stand 50 for example, by a spring 51 which yieldingly retains the valvein a r0- tary position whereat the outlet openings 47 thereof will beout of register with the openings of said spouts. For opening the valvethere is provided upon each mold a lug 52 arran ed to successivelyencounter the valve controlling finger 49 and swerve the same inopposition to said spring in the passage of the res ective moldsthereby. Also included in the invention is an arcuate oven arranged cncentric to theaxis of the post 5. The oven is open at .its ends for theentry and exit of the various molds and formers and in its innercircumferential wall is a slot 54 to accommodate the various arms 18 and32 as the same travel therethrough.

The bottom wall 56 0f the oven is desirahly pertorated tor the admissionof air for combustion purposes. Within the oven and adjacent to the topand bottom thereof. res ectively. are pipe gas-burners 57 and 58. Thesegas-burners are constructed to direct the emitted flames from the upperones downwardly against the formers. ,while the lower burners d recttheir flames upwardly against the molds.

The operation of the device is as follows: The carrier. as beforeexplained. is rotated by power devices applied through the medium otwthepinion 12 and the toothed ring 10 which. is secured to the carrierspokes and with the member being considered and also that the associatedmold members-17 are in close relation with each other, a conditionprevailing as these elements are brought into the position B, Fig. 1.movement of these elements, in the direction of the arrow in the view,will cause the lug 52 to swerve the valve-finger 49 to open the valve44- and deliver a quantity of batter from the receptacle 41 into thepockets 20 of the mold. The continued travel of the lug disengages thesame fromthe finger, whereupon the spring 51 assert-s itself to closethe valve. The further movement of the carrier carries the bell-crankroller 38 beyond the effective part of the cam 16 resulting in thebell-crank withdrawing its support from the former member, whereuponthis member is swung downwardly to obtrude the core elements into themold pockets and causing the batter therein to flow into the spacesunoccupied by the core elements. A still further travel of the thuscharged mold causes it tobe transported through the oven and wherein thecooking of the batter into cones is ctt'ected. After leaving the oven,the cam 16 acts in conjunction to raise the former member to withdrawthe core elements thereof from the previously cooked cones whichare'prevented from accompanying these elements by the interference ofthe flanges 21. When the cores have been withdrawn sufliciently to befree of the cones. the pinion 30 engages the gear 15 resultin in thecranks 29 becomin operative to cause the rod 26 to first turn the disk23 in order to have the cam-slots 24 thereof act through the pins 25 andarms 18 to separate the mold parts 17, as represented at A in Fig. 1.The cones are now free to drop out upon a table or belt for example,which may be provided and wherefrom they may be removed by an attendantto be packed for delivery. Should a cone. however. stick to the walls ofthe mold the attendant would dislodge itby means of an instrument like aknife-blade To such ends. it is desirable that the mold should beretained in an open state for an appreciable time and accordingly theteeth of the sector-gear-15 are grouped to aiiord an intermediate gap-15(Fig. 1) wherein the pinion and the elements opcr'atively connectedtherewith will be temporarily inactive. ontinuing in its travel therotation of the pinion 30 determines the closing of the mold parts andthus completes a cycle of operation.

It is to be understood that in practice a greater number of molds andcooperating A progressive supported imeans pivotally connected partswill be utilized than is illustrated in the drawings.

What I claim as my invention, is* .1. An ice cream oone'cooking appcomprising a rotatable carrier, operating means therefor, cone-shapedmolds each formed of a pairof'separable sections and I I to the carrierand engaging with the mold sections and adapted when actuated .to openand close the I molds, actuating means operated while the carrier istraveling for actuating said openmeans at pre-determined intervals, a jcone-former "member for each of said molds, each of said formersarranged over a pair of mold sections and to one side of the actuatingmeans for the mold opener and closer," means for pivbtally connectingthe cone formers tothe carrier, means for moving the coneformers to andfrom the respective nolds at'predetermined intervals, and means i forsupplying batter to said molds when the same are closed and while 2. Anicecream cone cooking apparatus comprising a rotatable carrier,operating means therefor, cone-shaped molds each formed of a pair ofseparablesections and supported and movable' with said carrier, meanspivotally connected to the carrier and engaging with the mold sectionsand adapted when actuated to open and close the'molds, actuating meansoperated while the carrier is traveling for actuating1 said eter "minedintervals, a'cone-former member for zed when .za'ct'uated' to open. andI I molds, actuating means operated whiletheeach of said molds, each of'saidformers arranged over a, pair of mold sections and to one side ofthe actuating means for the mold;

opener and closer, means for pivotally connecting the cone formers tothe carrier, means for moVmg th cone. formers to and 'irom' therespectivemoldsat predetermined.

molds whemthes'ame are closed and while the-cone formers are 'away fromthe molds, and a concentric oven-[partially surrounding the carrier'-andthrough which the molds ,witll the formers th'erein travel wherebythe cones lare cooked-{ I j 3. An ice "creamcone cooking apparatuscomprising a rotatable carrier, operating means fl'IBI'efOl, cone-shapedmolds each intervals, means forsupplying batter to said formed of'a pairof'separable sections and supportedv and movable wlth. said carrier,means.pivotallyconnected to the carrier and engaging 'witli' the moldsections and adaptclose the carrier istravellng for actuatingsaid'opening and closing "means at p e-determined intervals, acone-former member for each of said molds, each of said formers arrange'over a pair of mold sections and to one side aratus' and movable withsaid carrier,

' means therefor,

of the actuating means for the mold opener Y and'closer, means forpivotally connecting the cone formers to the carrier, means forelevating the cone formers out of the molds and, lowering them into themolds atpredetermined intervals, and means for supplying batter to saidmolds when the same are closed and while the cone formers are away fromthe molds. I I 4. An ice creamcone cooking apparatus comprising arotatable carrier, operating I cone-shaped molds each formed ofseparable sections supported on "and movable with the carrier, 21toothed segment traveling with the carrier, means pivotally connected.to the carrier and engaging with the mold sections for opening andclos-v I ing the molds,v means operated by said segment for actuatingsaid opening and closing means to open and close the molds atpredetermined intervals during the travel of the carrier, a cone formermember for each i of said molds, means for pivotally connecting the coneformer members to the carrier, said members traveling with the carriers,

bell cranks pivotally suspended from the carrienmeans connected to onearm of the bell. cranks and with said members for elevating and loweringthem. mined intervals during the travel of the car'- rier, means wherebythe bell cranks are actuated during the travel of the carrier, and

.means for supplying batter to said molds,

when they are closed and when the former members are elevated from themold;

5. 'An icelcream cone cookingapparatus comprising a rotatable carrier,operating means therefor, cone-shaped molds each formed of separablesections supported on and movable with the carrier, a toothed segmenttraveling with theca'rrier, means pivotally connected ing'with the moldsections for opening and closing the molds, means operated by saidsegment for actuating said opening am closing means to open. and closethe molds at predetermined intervals during the travel of the carrier, acone former member for each of said molds, means for pivotallyconnecting the cone members to the carrier, sai

to the carrier and engagat pre-deterlbs d members traveling with thecarriers, bell" cranks pivotally suspended from the car- 'rier, means"connected to one arm of the belt I cranks and with said members forelevating and lowering them at predetermined interj valsrhiring thetravel of the carrier, means ,whereby the bell cranks are actuatedduring the travel of the carrier, means for supplying batter to saidmolds when they are;

closed; and when the former members are elevated from the mold, and aconcentric.

oven partially surrounding the carrier and through which the molds withthe former.

therein are adaptedto members I travel whereby the batter is cooked. I I

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comprising a rotatable carrier, operating means therefor, moldssupported on sa1d carrier, each of said molds being formed of a pair ofhinged sections, a shiftable slotted plate mounted upon eachpair of moldsections, connections between the plate and said sections whereby whenthe plate is shifted in one direction, the molds will be thrown open andin the other direction the molds will be closed, means connected withsaid plate and operated by the movement of the carrier for shifting saidplate atpre-determined intervals, cone-former members pivotallyconnected at one end to and movable with the carrier and capable ofbeing shiftcd into the molds and elevated from the molds during thetravel of the carrier, mechanism including bell crank levers connectedwith said members and operated during the travel of the carrier forelevating and lowering said members, and means for supplying batter tothe molds, and a concentric oven partly surrounding the carrier andthrough which the molds with the forners are adapted to travel to cookthe batter to form the cones.

VVit-nesses H. BARNES, E. PETERSON.

JOHN P. GROSET.

